Looks like Mike Furguson was hanging out in the Heart of the Mists yesterday during the stress test and decided to answer some questions. Tibincrunch took some screenshots and posted them on Reddit yesterday. Thanks to him and the Reddit Community!

Mike Ferguson was hanging out in the Heart of the Mists and a bunch of people were asking questions so I decided to take some screenshots of his answers. Some of this stuff may already be known but I tried to ask some questions that were unconfirmed.

Keep reading for the full Q&A transcript.

Get ready for some Friday Evening Stress Testing! One more stress test for this week, now East Coast friendly!

Guild Wars 2 is an exciting game with a lot to offer. Skill descriptions and theory crafting just isn’t always enough though – sometimes we need to do some tests to determine exactly how things work. In this video series we’ll be exploring the RESULTS of some of these tests. New videos on various topics will be released every Sunday and Wednesday until the start of Guild Wars 2.

Episode #1 – Mesmer Portals

How long do they last? How far can you go? Can you go through keeps? Check out the answers to all these questions in this video where we test Mesmer Portals. At the very least watch the huge jump before the credits (about 3:45) as we reveal something particular about portal ranges…

To watch the video hit us after the break.

Just a reminder for everyone! Hopefully we’ll find any balancing changes we’ve been hearing about for the Thief, Necromancer and Mesmer.

Tales of Tyria, Episode 43, has been released and this week they discuss W3.

News of the week: We now have a launch time! Midnight?!? How will that affect you? There was also a stress test this weekend and some new websites have cropped up! Next we move onto a some mailbag questions from our audience and then roundtable discussion on World vs. World mecahnics. Will there be problems encouraging people to keep fighting once it’s lost?

Hit us after the break to watch the full episode.

Welcome to This is My Story, a brand new column on Guild Wars 2 Junkies where I’ll be diving deep into the corner pockets of Tyria and showcasing interesting tidbits I happen to find along the way. For the most part, this column will focus on the PvE adventures of a casual gamer with a raiding past who’s a bit of an altaholic and very much an exploration nut. Colorful nuggets to hunt for in the wild and dangerous battles to charge haphazardly into are among my delicious recipes for… happiness? Disaster? A bit of both, sure– but think of the potential! Join me as I bring a little randomness to the GW2 scene.

As we make our way toward the much-anticipated GW2 headstart, I’ll be talking a bit about what there is to look forward to once we’re unleashed in Tyria. If you’re thinking something along the lines of, “Duh– everything!” right now, you’re probably correct, but hey, let’s narrow it down a bit, eh? First up this week, let’s talk about how awesome the different races of Guild Wars 2 are, and what a difficult decision it can be to choose between them.

Scavenging through the internet we’ve found a list of changes, tooltip corrections, fixes that people have reported they’ve noticed since BWE3. We’ve heard from Jon Peters that the Thief, Necromancer and Mesmer classes are some of those that need the most balancing. We see a bigger push for Necromancers with this update. What we see that is lacking are Thieves and Mesmers. Time is winding down and we hope Arenanet can get it done! Of course, we have faith that they can.

If you know of any other changes that aren’t listed here, drop them in the comments section. Here is what we’ve found so far thanks to the GW2 community:

Engineer 

Inventions

• Elite Supplies The Supply Crate has extra med packs and a rifle turret. supplies, Elixir X lasts longer, Mortar has increased range.

Tools

• Armor Mods Gain +50 Toughness and 33% chance to cause Retaliation for 3 seconds on critical hit.Gain 3 seconds of Retaliation when critically hit. 30 second recharge.
• Power Wrench Tool kit skill recharge 20% faster.
• Speedy Gadgets Gadget recharges are reduced by 30%. 20%.

Continue reading to see the rest.

Today we get a fifth video discussing all the aspects of Guild Wars 2, and as promised, we get the the last concerning World vs. World vs. World.

Guild Wars 2 Game Designers Matt Witter and Mike Ferguson talk about World vs World (WvW), where three teams battle for control over objectives across four massive maps. Each team represents an entire server, so literally hundreds of players take part in wars that last for weeks. It’s PvP combat on an epic scale!

Hit us after the break for the video.

Tales of Tyria is out with Episode 42 where they discuss how to make gold!

You’ve heard us talk about it for weeks, but now we finally sit down with Freelancer to ask and answer one simple question: How in the world did he make so much damn gold in the beta events? We discuss many ways to make money in Guild Wars 2, from Market Trading to Gathering and selling. By the time you’re finished listening you might have a headache from the math, but you might just come out of it a bit richer as well.

Hit us after the break for the full episode.

If you happen to be near a body of water in Tyria, it might be a good idea to keep an eye out for what might pop out the water. You’ll never expect it.

Ever wonder what Asura children teasing each other are like? Wonder no more! Those clever and humorous devs over at Arenanet have put in some cool “flavor” if you’re willing to wander around and find it.

Check out the video. Your momma’s IQ is so low…

Arenanet has published another dev blog, but this time in the form of Video! Keep reading to watch the videos, or you can find them on Anet’s dev blog page.

Earlier in the development of Guild Wars 2 we released our MMO Manifesto video, a high-level look at the philosophy behind the design of the game. As we approach the launch date, now is the perfect time to talk about the outcome of that design philosophy with a look at the core ideas that the game is built on: personal story, dynamic events, combat, and PvP.

The only video missing is for WvW! But Anet is promising that is coming soon.

Yesterday, Mike Zadorojny, a content designer at Arenanet, answered a ton of fan questions on Kotaku. Did you get your question answered? Here’s what we learned.

PWNy
How the PVP works in Guildwars 2? i saw some videos but i didn’t get it. Can you explain a bit more about it, Like World PvP or just battle grounds, and is the PvP a big role in GW2?

Mike Zadorojny
With any of your characters you can visit the sPvP lobby that will bump your character up to level 80 and unlock all traits, skills, armor and weapons for you to use. From here you can jump into any of the on going sPvP matches. For WvW, any player can open up the score window and jump directly into any of the 4 maps (1 central and 1 home for each world) in the ongoing battle. In WvW your character is scaled up to level 80 (not a true 80) and you have only the items and skills you’ve unlocked available to you. In WvW you can level your character just like in PvE by doing events and killing monsters/players to unlock additional skills and traits.

Keep Reading for the full Q&A list.

In the wake of BWE3 we get a new Dev Blog telling us all about how Arenanet tells stories in their world.

The biggest story is the “Story of the World,” which is portrayed on the largest canvas. This is the tale of awakening of the Elder Dragons, and the threat that they pose to Tyria.

At low levels, near the starting areas, this is distant thunder; each race is absorbed within their own problems and threats. Some of these threats are related to the Elder Dragons, but you’re not fighting dragon minions every time you set out from Divinity’s Reach or Rata Sum. Challenges in these areas are more local. As you move into higher levels, the threat of the dragons becomes greater and greater, “…the central theme of the game: pulling people together to face more difficult challenges.”until at last, at the highest level, you reach Orr and the lair of Zhaitan, the Elder Undead Dragon.

Read more over at Arenanet’s blog page.

Tales of Tyria is out with episode 41 as they discuss how much fun they had during BWE3.

Episode 41:

• 03:25 – Feedback: Whistleblowing
• 6:05 – News: The 48 Hour Marathon, Names Reserved for 24 hrs After Character Deletion
• 10:30 – Beta Weekend #3

• 10:30 – UI/Economy/Other: Vistas, Gem Store, Hunger Royale, Keg Brawl
• 54:50 – World vs. World: WvW Pop Cap Issues, Sentries, Commander Book
• 1:45:13 – PvE: Asura, Sylvari
• 2:11:04 – Structured PvP: Legacy of the FoeFire

Keep reading to watch the episode after the break.